Orlando City SC vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Orlando City SC

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Philadelphia Union

Thu 22 Jul 2021 · 23:30 UTC Exploria Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Mauricio Pereira 45' Y

Y 56' Sergio Santos

Benji Michel 78' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Orlando City SC vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at Exploria Stadium.

Orlando City SC 15 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Philadelphia Union 15 games · 7 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Orlando City SC 16 games · Avg 3.3 goals Philadelphia Union

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-22 Orlando City SC 2–1 Philadelphia Union 2020-07-21 Philadelphia Union 1–1 Orlando City SC 2019-07-07 Philadelphia Union 2–2 Orlando City SC 2019-07-03 Orlando City SC 1–3 Philadelphia Union 2018-09-01 Orlando City SC 2–2 Philadelphia Union

Recent Form

Orlando City SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Philadelphia Union	H	2–1	W
17 Jul	Toronto FC	A	1–1	D
08 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–3	L
03 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	1–2	L
26 Jun	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–1	W
22 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	H	5–0	W

Philadelphia Union

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Orlando City SC	A	1–2	L
17 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	2–1	W
09 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
04 Jul	Nashville SC	A	0–1	L
27 Jun	Chicago Fire FC	A	3–3	D
23 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Orlando City SC		Philadelphia Union
#13	Position	#15
14	Points	7
15	Played	15
4 / 2 / 9	W / D / L	1 / 4 / 10
23	Scored	18
44	Conceded	30
-21	GD	-12
0.93	PPG	0.47
27%	Win %	7%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

20% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

Orlando City SC are 13th (14 pts). Philadelphia Union are 15th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Orlando City SC

0-15

1/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

–/5

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/2

76+

1/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Philadelphia Union

0-15

2/3

16-30

1/4

31-45

2/2

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Exploria Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Joao Moutinho is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Philadelphia Union so far.
10' Benji Michel puts Orlando City SC on the lead.
15' Philadelphia Union have won 477 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' With 1 assists to his name this season, Paxten Aaronson is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Orlando City SC.
25' Jamiro Monteiro has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 286 appearances.
30' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Orlando City SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
35' Supporters expect more eagerness from Quinn Sullivan, as he is very good at scoring at Exploria Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
40' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
45' Mauricio Pereira catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 45.
50' Olivier Mbaizo has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
55' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Jim Curtin will be considering his options from the bench.
56' The referee calls foul for Sergio Santos. He receives a Yellow card.
59' What composure from Andres Perea! The USA international strokes it home. 2-0.
64' It looks surprising Philadelphia Union does not make any changes. Kacper Przybylko has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
68' Kacper Przybylko has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 68 minutes.
69' Leon Flach has so much to prove this time. He replaces Daniel Gazdag on 69 minute.
73' Fresh legs for Orlando City SC! Silvester van der Water comes on to replace Chris Mueller.
78' The referee shows Orlando City SC player a Yellow card on 78.
78' Benji Michel makes way for Tesho Akindele at the 78 minute mark. A tactical switch from Orlando City SC.
83' Alexander Alvarado is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nani at the 83 minute mark.
88' Another substitution for Philadelphia Union to replace Alejandro Bedoya by Jack McGlynn on 88 minute.
90' Paxten Aaronson is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jamiro Monteiro at the 90 minute mark.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Orlando City SC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

17
Nani ↓ Alexander Alvarado 83'
15
Rodrigo Schlegel
4
Joao Moutinho
1
Pedro Gallese
20
Oriol Rosell ↓ Joseph Dezart 78'
6
Robin Jansson
24
Kyle Smith
19
Benji Michel ↓ Tesho Akindele 78'
21
Andres Perea
9
Chris Mueller ↓ Silvester van der Water 73'
10
Mauricio Pereira ↓ Antonio Carlos 73'

Bench

Coach Óscar Pareja

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

27
Kai Wagner
3
Jack Elliott
11
Alejandro Bedoya ↓ Jack McGlynn 88'
15
Olivier Mbaizo
6
Daniel Gazdag ↓ Leon Flach 69'
17
Sergio Santos ↓ Quinn Sullivan 69'
1
Matt Freese
8
Jose Andres Martinez
5
Jakob Glesnes
10
Jamiro Monteiro ↓ Paxten Aaronson 90'
23
Kacper Przybylko

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Daniel Gazdag	4
Dom Dwyer	3
Martin Ojeda	3
Duncan McGuire	3
Kacper Przybylko	3
Christopher Mueller	2
Dom Dwyer	2
Tai Baribo	2

Head to Head

Orlando City SC Form

2021-07-22 Orlando City SC 2–1 Philadelphia Union W 2021-07-17 Toronto FC 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2021-07-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Orlando City SC L 2021-07-03 Orlando City SC 1–2 New York Red Bulls L 2021-06-26 Internacional CF Miami 1–2 Orlando City SC W 2021-06-22 Orlando City SC 5–0 San Jose Earthquakes W

Philadelphia Union Form

2021-07-22 Orlando City SC 2–1 Philadelphia Union L 2021-07-17 Philadelphia Union 2–1 D.C. United SC W 2021-07-09 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Philadelphia Union D 2021-07-04 Nashville SC 1–0 Philadelphia Union L 2021-06-27 Chicago Fire FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union D 2021-06-23 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Columbus Crew SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.04 Orlando City SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.74 Philadelphia Union xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Orlando City SC47% Draw23% Philadelphia Union30%

Actual: Orlando City SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.78

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

Orlando City SC or Draw

70%

Draw or Philadelphia Union

53%

Orlando City SC or Philadelphia Union

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Orlando City SC34% Draw39% Philadelphia Union27%

Actual: Orlando City SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.9%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.8%

3 – 1

5.4%

2 – 0

4.8%

3 – 2

4.7%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

1 – 3

3.9%

0 – 2

3.5%

0 – 0

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Orlando City SC

Handicap	Orlando City SC covers	Push	Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	13%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	19%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	16%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.